Dominican National Sentenced to 5 Years of Imprisonment for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

Dominican National Sentenced to 5 Years of Imprisonment for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

CONCORD - Carlo de los Santos Ruiz, a.k.a. "Julio," 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Landya B. McCafferty to 60 months in federal prison and 4 years of supervised release yesterday, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. In March, Santos Ruiz pleaded guilty to a single-count Information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 28 or more grams of crack cocaine and 40 or more grams of fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, between July 2024 and June 2025, law enforcement agencies began investigating a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) based in Massachusetts and operating in New Hampshire. During the course of the conspiracy, the DTO trafficked crack cocaine and fentanyl. The defendant led the DTO and operated the various dispatch lines that drug buyers called to order drugs. He also personally distributed drugs on behalf of the DTO. Last June, law enforcement arrested the defendant and one of his co-defendants at the defendant's home in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Parked near the home was a car used to traffic drugs that contained more than 400 combined grams of crack cocaine and fentanyl.

"Granite Staters deserve safe, drug-free communities, and I'm proud of the hard work of our state and federal law enforcement partners on the front lines. By investigating and interdicting traffickers like this defendant, we can take dangerous drugs like crack cocaine and fentanyl off our streets," said U.S. Attorney Creegan.

"Today's sentence reflects the seriousness of Carlo Santos Ruiz's conduct and the harm he and his drug trafficking organization inflicted on communities in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts," said Ted E. Docks, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's Boston Division. "By leading a drug-trafficking organization and personally distributing significant quantities of crack cocaine and fentanyl, he contributed directly to the dangers these drugs pose. The FBI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to dismantle organizations that pump poison into our neighborhoods and ensure those involved with them are brought to justice."

The FBI's Major Offender Task Force led the investigation. The Manchester Police Department and DEA provided valuable assistance. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Shannon prosecuted the case.